Ajayi Tinuola B, Childs Ellen, Di Frances Remein Christy, Forbush Leigh R, Ragasa Justin B, Fetterman Jessica L, Hirsch Glenn A, Benjamin Emelia J
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
J Clin Transl Sci. 2022 Jan 4;6(1):e14. doi: 10.1017/cts.2021.887. eCollection 2022.
In an era of complex, multi-institutional, team-based science, there is little guidance for the successful creation of effective, collaborative, multisite training programs.
We designed, implemented, and evaluated a multi-institutional Tobacco Regulatory Science (TRS) fellowship representing a scalable program that may be customized for other research areas.
Using a mixed-methods approach, we analyzed program evaluations from trainees enrolled in the first 7 years of the American Heart Association (AHA) Tobacco Regulation and Addiction Center (A-TRAC) fellowship (2014-2021). We also reported the program outcomes, including published TRS manuscripts, independent grant funding, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Docket comments submitted on TRS topics, TRS oral and poster presentations, research awards, and promotions in the TRS field.
Thirty-five unique trainees (49% [n = 17] female, 29% [n = 10] Black) from eight institutions within the A-TRAC network participated in the fellowship since its inception. The trainees reported 74 TRS publications, 78 TRS oral or poster presentations, 25 FDA Docket comment submissions, and 13 funded grant awards. Participant evaluations indicated six areas of programmatic strength: 1) blended instruction medium with webinars and in-person meetings, 2) curricular emphasis on theories of experiential learning, 3) focus on career and professional development, 4) integrated mentorship model, 5) culture of feedback and feedforward to foster successful learning, and 6) focus on recruiting diverse participants. The A-TRAC model stresses experiential education, feedback and feedforward, and peer learning.
Our resource-effective, needs-driven program is a reproducible model for institutions interested in developing multisite, virtual research education programs in the era of team science.
在一个复杂的、多机构的、基于团队的科学时代，对于成功创建有效的、协作性的多地点培训项目，几乎没有指导意见。
我们设计、实施并评估了一个多机构烟草监管科学（TRS）奖学金项目，该项目代表了一个可扩展的项目，可针对其他研究领域进行定制。
我们采用混合方法，分析了美国心脏协会（AHA）烟草监管与成瘾中心（A-TRAC）奖学金项目前7年（2014 - 2021年）学员的项目评估。我们还报告了项目成果，包括已发表的TRS手稿、独立资助、就TRS主题提交给美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）文档的评论、TRS口头和海报展示、研究奖项以及在TRS领域的晋升情况。
自项目启动以来，A-TRAC网络内八个机构的35名独特学员（49%[n = 17]为女性，29%[n = 10]为黑人）参与了该奖学金项目。学员们报告了74篇TRS出版物、78次TRS口头或海报展示、25次提交给FDA文档的评论以及13项获得资助的拨款奖励。参与者评估指出了项目的六个优势领域：1）网络研讨会和面对面会议相结合的教学方式；2）课程强调体验式学习理论；3）关注职业和专业发展；4）综合指导模式；5）反馈和前馈文化以促进成功学习；6）注重招募多样化的参与者。A-TRAC模式强调体验式教育、反馈和前馈以及同伴学习。
我们这个资源高效、需求驱动的项目，对于有兴趣在团队科学时代开发多地点虚拟研究教育项目的机构来说，是一个可复制的模式。
